Barcia national football team

Barcia

Nickname(s)	I Verdi (The Greens)
Association	Federcalcio Barciana
Confederation	Auressian Football Federation
Head coach	Claudio Peloso
Captain	Celso Rulli
Most caps	Giraldo De Rossi (168)
Top scorer	Savio Venturi (47)
Home stadium	Stadio Atletica
Code	BAR
First colours Second colours
First international
Barcia 1–3 Rythene (Tradare, Barcia; 4 June 1898)
Biggest win
Barcia 6–0 Sabaria (Tradare, Barcia; 11 September 1983)
Biggest defeat
Tyrnica 5-0 Barcia (Stierstandt, Tyrnica; 12 March 1964)

The Barcia national football team (Idrean: Nazionale di calcio del Barcia) is the football team that represents Barcia in international association football competitions. It is currently governed by the Regia Federcalcio Barciana (Royal Barcian Football Federation). The team currently plays its home games at the Stadio Atletica in Tradare, however will be due to move to the Stadio Osiride following its completion for the 2024 International Cup.

The team's nickname is I Verte (The Greens), taken from the team's main home colour. The team tends to play in a home strip of a green shirt, white shorts and purple socks; with an away strip which tends to alternate between all white, gold, blue or black.

Barcia is one of the most successful teams in international football, having won the International Cup several times, as well as the Sabarine cup on four occasions. Barcia are known for their possession based style of play which has become a staple in Barcian football since the management of Bardo Menza back in the 1980s. Menzismo as it is known today continues to inluence the philosophies and styles of play of many of the most prominent teams on both the international and domestic scene.

History

• Formation
• Early years
• 1960s-70s
• Menzismo
• Modern period

Competitive record

International Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2024	Group Stage	X	0	0	0	0	0	0
Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place * Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2024

Barcia v

5 July IC Group A	Barcia	–		Tradare, Barcia
20:00 WAT				Referee: TBA

Barcia v

13 July IC Group A	Barcia	–		Treviate, Barcia
15:00 WAT				Referee: TBA

v Barcia

20 July IC Group A		–	Barcia	Vicenze, Barcia
20:00 WAT				Referee: TBA

Players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Macario Perin	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997	0	0
13	1GK	Sabato Ursillo	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995	0	0
23	1GK	Emmerico Ricciardelli	(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000	0	0
2	2DF	Sicuro Puzio	(1994-06-08) 8 June 1994	0	0
3	2DF	Bernardo Gambale	(1993-12-12) 12 December 1993	0	0
4	2DF	Atanasio Mattia	(1995-06-06) 6 June 1995	0	0
5	2DF	Attilio Novelli	(1998-04-30) 30 April 1998	0	0
12	2DF	Gaio Cerbone	(1997-04-27) 27 April 1997	0	0
14	2DF	Floriano Lentini	(2002-03-04) 4 March 2002	0	0
15	2DF	Aniello Benanti	(1991-11-16) 16 November 1991	0	0
20	2DF	Callisto Farro	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996	0	0
6	3MF	Fausto Brusco	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	0	0
7	3MF	Celso Rulli (captain)	(1994-04-03) 3 April 1994	0	0
8	3MF	Serafino Rosato	(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000	0	0
16	3MF	Saffo Mongillo	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992	0	0
17	3MF	Albino Perotti	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995	0	0
18	3MF	Dione Di Cenzo	(2003-02-16) 16 February 2003	0	0
9	4FW	Laurentino Rigo (vice-captain)	(1995-04-15) 15 April 1995	0	0
10	4FW	Attilio Novelli	(1999-08-28) 28 August 1999	0	0
11	4FW	Salvatore Rizzi	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998	0	0
19	4FW	Bastiano Desio	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992	0	0
21	4FW	Sabele Papandrea	(1997-11-04) 4 November 1997	0	0
22	4FW	Milo Michele	(2002-08-03) 3 August 2002	0	0

Coaching staff

As of May 1, 2024:

Coaching staff	Name
Manager	Claudio Peloso
Assistant Manager	Rodolfo Cione
Goalkeeping Coach	Pedro Suárez
Striker Coach	Savino Perini
First-Team Doctor	Menardo Pinta
Fitness Coach	Jordan Piaget
Masseur	Ugo Francone
Physiotherapist	Richard Barreau

Honours

• International Cup
  • Winners:
  • Runners-Up:
  • Third Place: